Discovery BoxMark 8:35 
Context8:35 For whoever wants to save his life 1 will lose it, 2 but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.
Mark 9:41
Context9:41 For I tell you the truth, 3 whoever gives you a cup of water because 4 you bear Christ’s 5 name will never lose his reward.
1 tn Or “soul” (throughout vv. 35-37).
2 sn The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.
3 tn Grk “Truly (ἀμήν, amhn), I say to you.”
4 tn Grk “in [the] name that of Christ you are.”
5 tn Or “bear the Messiah’s”; both “Christ” (Greek) and “Messiah” (Hebrew and Aramaic) mean “one who has been anointed.”
sn See the note on Christ in 8:29.
